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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (400645)7/22/2008 11:41:42 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578757
 
They amount to less than 0.3 per cent of the population, one of the lowest proportions in Europe. But their poverty and resistance to integration have made them far more conspicuous than other communities.

Does anyone know why they are resistant to integration?

And the influx of thousands more migrants from Romania in the past year has confirmed the view of many Italians that the Gypsies and their eyesore camps are the source of all their problems. The ethnic group is often blamed for petty theft and burglaries. According to a recent newspaper survey, more than two thirds of Italians want Gypsies expelled, whether they hold Italian passports or not.

Why do the Italians confuse the Roma with Romanians? Do you know?